Were there really priestesses in the bronze age?
Maybe, it's impossible to say. The whole idea is predicated on some rather flimsy speculation, however there's nothing that really disproves it either. Neat drawing though.
>>18449182How come all we do is speculate?
>>18449257No written evidence, all we have are a few statues and artifacts, it's like trying to figure out what picture a 1000 piece puzzle makes with only 10 pieces. The idea of ancient matriarchal society worshiping a mother goddess was essentially a product of 60s feminist literature interpretating the various Venus statues as goddesses, and therefore society must be either egalitarian or even matriarchal. The problems are obviously manifold. If in 10,000 years all that survives of our civilization is a few Barbie dolls and a crusty porn mag, could these future people assume that these are meant to be goddesses, how could they tell otherwise? Even if they are godesses, does that necessarily mean an equal or female dominated society? They may be correct, but we can't know.
Gross